Damn Good Ol' Fashioned Fun

Rating: 8/10 (4 August 2013)

Boy, did I have a great time watching this movie. There really isn't any other way I feel about it. I had a blast and that is something that has been sorely lacking from the movies in this day and age. Man, I wish Roger Ebert could have seen this movie and taken comfort in the fact that the fun in film is still around.To get gripes out of the way first, it was a bit too long and there were some awful lines. Charlie Hunnam isn't a very good actor but hell, we didn't come to watch this movie for the character drama. We came for the battles. Holy crap, it's as if del Toro was told "Just let loose." His creature designs are utterly fantastic and I loved looking at the movie. The battles are hard-hitting and you really get the sense that these are massive, massive beings that are just larger than life. As far as I am concerned, the Transformers movies aren't even worth watching anymore. The Autobots and Decepticons have got nothing on the Jaegers and the Kaijus. Hopefully, in the future, we get to see a sequel! If you are looking for a good time, ignore the fools who went in expecting for a killer story and a killer script. It just ain't there. What is there, however, is a wonderful sense of fun and excitement, and that alone is worth the price of admission.